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Show REPORT OF AGENT IN UTAH. 317 to Ie.crn in 1 3 1 e~ <i i u ~ au~ie s c h ~ ~~b~~~oil?~i :,trl :l~ v~\YI~Riitvct w. I sanrt c\prt.ir inr jr-ititndr :xr rho ~ U I I Pli uc~olu t.~inrri u whirl> I h l t v ~I I R R ~ snrrainrcl at rlk ln8llun oriirc I,\. unth~~r i t l timd cl l'u~l~tlor rerrv dut I I ~ , u~;i,!v improvemeats which I here thouiht nooessary for the progress and welfare of the& Indians; but I have no platitudes of fulsome praise to lavish on men simply bocause of being in high authority, some of whom in the past three years I have found to be puite'as "human" as Indian agents. I ha>e endeavored to he as eoonomicnl in the expenditure of public funds as was consistent with the noeds of the work, yet have not been parsimonious nor ntinted in my nnking. As a result I am proud to say that wery feature and brnnoh of tho work of these agencies is in a. prosperous condition, mtl as a reflex result the Indians shorn a, marked advance in the praotioe of civil-ized pursuits. UIETAH AGENCY. Beaemation.-Uintnh Reservation contains about 2,000,000 acres of as fine land as lies in thls intermountain region, the Uintnh llIountains bounding it on tho north, snd the Book or Price Mountains on the sunth. The agency is beautifillly situated about 10 miles south of Whits Rooks in the Uintah Xount&ina (whaoce the post-officehere takes its name), on a table-laud sloping tu the south, and in summer is s, bower of green, by reason of the mauy cloar mountsin streamspermesting the slope, and runuing off to the south ta form the Uiutoh River. Iteori@n,-This reserve waa set npsrt for the porl~otual use of these tribe8 by President Li~loalu in an executive order datecl Uotobar 3 1861, and snbssqocntly ~pprovedb y fonr several acts of Conaross, the latest of wiich bears date May 24, 1888; end it is occupied by the two tzbes of Uiutahs and White Rivern. Population by tribes- -. -- -. - Male rema Total populstian .................................................. Mslas. 18 gears and over ................................................ Femslos:l4 years and over .............................................. 3fzlea. 6 to 16 para ..................................................... FmaIe8.6 t o 16).enrs.~. ................................................ Schools.-The sohools of thiii agency have becn well sustainerl tho past two gears. They are Govonrment boaraiug sohools. 'Tho enro?lment has been 76 and the average attendance for the entire ten mouths 39. Pho tondeucy to drop off from school attendance duriux the two months of May and dmre, also the heated part of September, is so marked that indeed I aru inclino~lt o think that a ~ehootle rm of nine months is all that shonld be required of these Indim pupils, and that it would resttlt in more good then the ten months' term. Since mv last reoort B fine buildine. coutrhininr carneuter s h o ~1. 7 l m room. aud good fruit region, nut1 that the Indians kill take @o;rt intarest in the matter in the . future. v autllorjtv I have cansell the survey, profiling, nrld i,lettine of a line for nines |